CALGARY –The University of Calgary Dinos men's hockey team (23-3-0) welcomes the MacEwan Griffins (9-16-1) this upcoming weekend for the final regular season game of the year.
 
The first game of the weekend home-and-home will take place in Edmonton, with puck drop on Friday scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Downtown Community Arena. On Saturday, the Dinos return home, where the regular season finale will begin at 6 p.m. at the Father David Bauer Arena.
 
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
 
1. A CHANCE AT HISTORY – This year's Dinos squad has a chance to etch its name in the history books this weekend. Calgary enters the weekend with a 23-3-0 conference record, tied for most in program history with both the 1986-87 and 1987-88 squads. This year's 46 points are also just one shy of the program-record 47 set back in the 1996-97 season.
 
2. CURRENT STANDINGS – As the Dinos continue their record-breaking season with a 21-game win streak, they sit in first place in the Canada West standings and have clinched the top spot in this year's conference playoffs. The Griffins, meanwhile, sit a 9-16-1 and are in a fight for the final playoff spot. MacEwan enters the weekend tied for sixth place with Regina, though the Cougars currently hold the tiebreaker between the two teams. Manitoba also has an outside chance to claim the six seed, entering the weekend two points back of the Cougars and Griffins.
 
3. LAST GAME – This will be the second time this season that the Dinos and Griffins will face off. The two teams also met during the first weekend out of the winter break, resulting in a pair of wins by the Dinos.
 
4. THE PLAYMAKER – Former Calgary Hitmen forward Riley Stotts ranks third in the conference with 25 assists, trailing only the Canada West's top scorers in Riley Sawchuk and Nolan Yaremko of Mount Royal. Dating back to Nov. 11, Stotts has points in every game except for a Jan. 6 matchup against MacEwan. On Jan. 27 at the Scotiabank Saddledome, Stotts had a season-best four assists.
 
5. QUOTABLE – "We have a really important weekend coming up and we need to dial it in, be a little crisper and fast out there. We need to stay focused if we still want to accomplish our ultimate goal of winning a championship." – Calgary head coach Mark Howell

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